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there heroic grass-roots efforts show the cooperation that is possible and should inspire us all. in addition, these are two leaders who, i believe, want peace. both sides have indicated these negotiations can be completed within one year. as i told each of them today, this moment of opportunity may not seem to come again. they cannot afford to let it slip away. now is the time for leaders of courage and vision to deliver the peace there people deserve. >> united states has marked a formal and u.s. combat role in iraq after seven years, which toppled saddam hussein and produce free elections, although no agreement on a government. president obama has said the u.s. paid a huge price to put its future -- to put iraq's future in its people's hands. we have this. >> live from the white house, the president who never supported the war declared its end. >> in announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. the iraqi people now have the responsibility for the security of their country. >> more than 4400 american dead, the cost of overt $7 b
there heroic grass-roots efforts show the cooperation that is possible and should inspire us all. in addition, these are two leaders who, i believe, want peace. both sides have indicated these negotiations can be completed within one year. as i told each of them today, this moment of opportunity may not seem to come again. they cannot afford to let it slip away. now is the time for leaders of courage and vision to deliver the peace there people deserve. >> united states has marked a...
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being with us on bbc world news. foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and turning heehaw -- carnegie hall. it is the kennedy center and a club in austin. it is closer than any seat in the house, no matter where you call home. pbs, the great american stage that fits in every living room. your support of pbs brings the arts home. arts home.
being with us on bbc world news. foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> there is one stage that is the met and turning heehaw -- carnegie hall. it is the kennedy center and a club in austin. it is closer than any seat in the...
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president, your efforts to advance this beast -- peace for us and our neighbors and, i think we can say, the world. >> mr. obama also welcomed the leaders of the palestinian and the israelis. king abdullah and other leaders will join the talks. but is there it now and new commitment to achieve peace? our correspondent reports from the west bank on what are the unresolved tensions. >> on a hill overlooking the city of jerusalem, hundreds of jewish settlers came to bury the dead. the symmetry is on the most sacred place -- the cemetery is on the most sacred place any jew can be buried. they were struck dead by palestinian gunmen on tuesday. it was the worst attack in the west bank in four years. in an emotional farewell, and 19-year-old -- a 19-year-old promise to look after the children. the question is, what will be the fallout of these murders? jewish settlers are saying they will unilaterally break a ban on new construction in the occupied west bank. and hamas, the palestinian group that carried out these killings, say that will not be allowed. if either of those things are true, the
president, your efforts to advance this beast -- peace for us and our neighbors and, i think we can say, the world. >> mr. obama also welcomed the leaders of the palestinian and the israelis. king abdullah and other leaders will join the talks. but is there it now and new commitment to achieve peace? our correspondent reports from the west bank on what are the unresolved tensions. >> on a hill overlooking the city of jerusalem, hundreds of jewish settlers came to bury the dead. the...
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but there is no change for us. we are still living and -- we are still living in misery. >> five weeks on, the misery is continuing to spread. for some in the southern province, the nightmare is just beginning. the waters have just arrived. more people in need in a country already unable to cope. orla guerin, bbc news, northwest pakistan. >> still in pakistan, militants have carried out a huge bomb attacks against police in the northwest. at least 20 died when a vehicle exploded. on monday, a suicide bomber killed 19 at up police station. women and child victims of mass rape in the democratic republic of congo has been failed by united nations peacekeepers. that is according to a u.n. official. over 500 women and children have been raped in the past month. violent scenes in the ukrainian parliament as opposition leaders tried to seize control of the podium. they are angry at the government for increasing the retirement age for women in double in gas prices. do stay with us if you can on "bbc world news." still to c
but there is no change for us. we are still living and -- we are still living in misery. >> five weeks on, the misery is continuing to spread. for some in the southern province, the nightmare is just beginning. the waters have just arrived. more people in need in a country already unable to cope. orla guerin, bbc news, northwest pakistan. >> still in pakistan, militants have carried out a huge bomb attacks against police in the northwest. at least 20 died when a vehicle exploded. on...
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we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of niger. and as a province -- 4000 died in 2005 due to food shortages. there are fears the situation could be repeated now. we examined why those lessons have not been heard. >> there is a severe food crisis in niger, affecting about 8 million people here. yet, look around the main market, 1,000 kilometers east of the capital, and it is not obvious why. there is clearly plenty of food around. it is just that many cannot afford it. and another puzzling fact -- at the livestock market nearby, cattle are being exported, mostly to trade with neighboring nigeria
we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the...
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it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constuents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to most everybody that this was a huge source of the information that leads to prostitution and in some cases human trafficking. >> woodruff: john miller, do you dispute that that's what's been going on at craigslist? >> no. it's probably pretty likely these ads were for prostitution. the question is not, are these ads for illegal services and should law enforcement take action against these ads and the people placing them? but the question is really is this the most effective way to do that? we're not sure that it is. als
it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constuents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to most...
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to help us recover from all kinds of conditions. but at this hospital, not everyone was convinced that surfing was a good use of taxpayer money. >> i could certainly see lots of better ways to spend that money on. >> i'm feeling a bit depressed myself, actually. can i put my name on the list? >> if this scheme works, expect more fresh air therapy across britain, not just in coastal areas, but cycling and rock climbing may also be prescribed. >> letting loose and maybe getting healthy. you can find more on that and all the international news online ad bbc.com/news. you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. we're on facebook as well, of course. thanks for being with us. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i'
to help us recover from all kinds of conditions. but at this hospital, not everyone was convinced that surfing was a good use of taxpayer money. >> i could certainly see lots of better ways to spend that money on. >> i'm feeling a bit depressed myself, actually. can i put my name on the list? >> if this scheme works, expect more fresh air therapy across britain, not just in coastal areas, but cycling and rock climbing may also be prescribed. >> letting loose and maybe...
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and the help hasn't been fully used. but today's comments are a huge embarrassment to an embattled president, sarkozy, now he stands as playing the tough cop. so far, he has not responded to today's attack. although the french foreign ministry said. it was astonished by the comments. >> if president sarkozy was that back down. he would be humiliated. >> gavin hewitt, "bbc world news," paris. >> benjamin netanyahu has begun serious discussions with their peoples. >> that accords to george mitchell. summing up a day of egyptian talks. >> shaman sheik or endless peace talks. with the tourists oblivious to the talks, hillary clinton was there in person to persuade and cajole as the united states fights to keep up the momentum. she's eager to talk up the propects and the american piece. george mitchell shared his thoughts. >> we share our goal of a just, lasting and secure peace. >> the sticking point is the issue of settlements. the palestinians are ready to walk away from the talks. israely netanyahu has been pressed to not
and the help hasn't been fully used. but today's comments are a huge embarrassment to an embattled president, sarkozy, now he stands as playing the tough cop. so far, he has not responded to today's attack. although the french foreign ministry said. it was astonished by the comments. >> if president sarkozy was that back down. he would be humiliated. >> gavin hewitt, "bbc world news," paris. >> benjamin netanyahu has begun serious discussions with their peoples....
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they use chemical, biological or nuclear weapons if they could. western policies are not designed to confront radical islam. the chinese government ordered three producers to start growing more vegetables. it is another reason this is causing unrest. seven people died in mozambique over the rising cost of bread. the food agencies called for a special meeting to discuss the implications of a price spike. >> more wildfires in southern russia stand by strong winds and more loss of life after 50 people were killed in july and august. underlying it all is the prolonged drought. they destroyed 20% of the wheat crop this year. the government has extended its ban on wheat exports. thousands of kilometers away in mozambique's lies [unintelligible] after two days of food riots. this was a sharp rise in the cost of bread. seven people were killed when police opened fire on protesters trip nearly 300 were injured. what is happening to food prices? is there a risk of a repeat of the food crisis of 2008? from 2003 on the world saw prices climbing. the global fo
they use chemical, biological or nuclear weapons if they could. western policies are not designed to confront radical islam. the chinese government ordered three producers to start growing more vegetables. it is another reason this is causing unrest. seven people died in mozambique over the rising cost of bread. the food agencies called for a special meeting to discuss the implications of a price spike. >> more wildfires in southern russia stand by strong winds and more loss of life after...
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it is still used in our country, around europe. it is definitely -- >> the technology does have its problems. no wind, no power. it may seem obvious. it is always -- it is also heavily subsidized, which means everyone's bills will go up. this is just the start. this is the biggest so far, but it is tiny compared to what is coming. bbc news, of the kent coast. >> now for many it will sound more like a holiday in hell rather than an opportunity to get away from it all. tourism is being promoted in iraq. iraq fought desperately needs the income. " when a holiday there be like? gabriel doubt -- gabriel gatehouse has been finding out. >> this is iraq, but not the iraq we know from our television screens. not the iraq of shock and fall, the daily suicide bombings. in the north, it is separate from baghdad. it is mountainous rather than arid. there are people here if you want to turn this part of kurdistan into a haven for tourism. this is what they hope will deliver the punters. >> left side, left side. [unintelligible] >> mike crane is
it is still used in our country, around europe. it is definitely -- >> the technology does have its problems. no wind, no power. it may seem obvious. it is always -- it is also heavily subsidized, which means everyone's bills will go up. this is just the start. this is the biggest so far, but it is tiny compared to what is coming. bbc news, of the kent coast. >> now for many it will sound more like a holiday in hell rather than an opportunity to get away from it all. tourism is...
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they should judge us by what we do on the ground, ask people here if they like us. >> of course, users of the camp, many of whom have lost everything, said they were grateful to the group, but at a time when so many people have been left homeless by the flooding, no surprise they are willing to accept help from almost any quarter. >> the lower house of the french parliament has proposed reforms including the highly contentious plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. thousands of demonstrators voiced their opposition, and two trade unions voiced an open- ended strike. >> nowhere in europe is the battle on pensions as divisive as it is in france. there is a long history in the country of defending what you have earned. benefits won are never given up without a fight. the result of the vote was always a formality. the president's ruling party has strength in numbers, but then, so do the unions. outside, the protestors will lay siege to the national assembly. scuffles and angry scenes were reflected at the wider frustration in the country and also on the opposition benches. >> [ina
they should judge us by what we do on the ground, ask people here if they like us. >> of course, users of the camp, many of whom have lost everything, said they were grateful to the group, but at a time when so many people have been left homeless by the flooding, no surprise they are willing to accept help from almost any quarter. >> the lower house of the french parliament has proposed reforms including the highly contentious plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62....
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he joins us from pittsburgh. i ben welcome, thanks for joining us. 1.4 billion is a lot of money and what's been tough times for the airlines, why is southwest doing this, what is driving this? >> there are ray couple of things. first of all, as you mentioned sot west has been at there for a while now. while they were the scrappy upstart in the '80s and even into the 9 0s. their business model is pretty mature at this point and there aren't many misses left for them to expand that are flarl fits are for their business model. one of the best cities and the biggest one they don't yet fly to is atlanta so it's no coincidence that air tran, biggest city is atlanta and this will put southwest into atlanta in a big way. and it really positions southwest to go back to a position of growth by acquiring air tran and eventually incorporating if into its network. >> and there are roar cities that right now southwest isn't in, aren't there sm. >> there are about 37 that air tran flies to that southwest doesn't go to. so sout
he joins us from pittsburgh. i ben welcome, thanks for joining us. 1.4 billion is a lot of money and what's been tough times for the airlines, why is southwest doing this, what is driving this? >> there are ray couple of things. first of all, as you mentioned sot west has been at there for a while now. while they were the scrappy upstart in the '80s and even into the 9 0s. their business model is pretty mature at this point and there aren't many misses left for them to expand that are...
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the dry districts are supporting us. the distribution is impartial. we send our trucks to localities that is the normal routine we do. >> thank you very much, indeed. there is massive need here. this area, we can still see areas submerged by water. with so many people affected, there are people who will leave here disappointed and there are millions like that across the country. >> yesterday, bbc world correspondent reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of niger. it has faced food shortages in 2005, but this report shows why lessons have not been learned. >> there's a severe food crisis in niger affecting about eight million people here. yet, look around the main market 1,000 kilometers south of the capital, and it's not obvious why. there's clearly plenty of food around, it's just that many can't afford it. and another puzzling fact, that the lifestock market nearby, cattle are being exported, mostly to trade with neighboring nigeria. this nigerrian businessman just bought a bull for nearly $700 u.s. to take back home and se
the dry districts are supporting us. the distribution is impartial. we send our trucks to localities that is the normal routine we do. >> thank you very much, indeed. there is massive need here. this area, we can still see areas submerged by water. with so many people affected, there are people who will leave here disappointed and there are millions like that across the country. >> yesterday, bbc world correspondent reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of...
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of us. >> reporter: dr. roy is an engineer by training, but the project brought together cell biologists, material scientists, engineers and practicing physicians. >> by finding these right people together i think we can sort of take out these traditional ways of doing academic research in silos, but saying lets put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> reporter: it's the same collaborative approach that scott johnson's myelin repair foundation is promoting teams of scientists working collaboratively to achieve common goal changing the model for how research works and solving the problem of multiple sclerosis that's challenged him for 34 years. >> and to be able to prevent others from going through that is something i'd like to do. but probably on a larger scale it's really about this model because i think that this model can be applied to any disease research. >> reporter: and of course there's no shortage
of us. >> reporter: dr. roy is an engineer by training, but the project brought together cell biologists, material scientists, engineers and practicing physicians. >> by finding these right people together i think we can sort of take out these traditional ways of doing academic research in silos, but saying lets put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> reporter: it's the...
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most still tell us they approve of obama. most think the health care bill was the right thing to do. more tell us his policies are helping the economy than hurting it. so this isn't a disillusionment with obama that's... or the democratic party that's driving this. i think it's just a sense that this election the case hasn't been made this election is really important to younger voters yet. they don't say it at the same rate older folks do. >> woodruff: liz murphy, how would you respond to that? how important do you think young people see this election? and how do they respond to the president's admonition yesterday that young people need to understand it's important and he said in that interview with "rolling stone," inexcusable to sit this election out. >> i think it's unfortunate, but at least at penn state's campus there isn't this huge feeling that people need to head out and hit the polls and, you know, make their voice heard and vote. in 2008, there were two-hour wait lines to vote when obama came to speak it was like
most still tell us they approve of obama. most think the health care bill was the right thing to do. more tell us his policies are helping the economy than hurting it. so this isn't a disillusionment with obama that's... or the democratic party that's driving this. i think it's just a sense that this election the case hasn't been made this election is really important to younger voters yet. they don't say it at the same rate older folks do. >> woodruff: liz murphy, how would you respond...
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let us send a strong message of hope, a fundamental hope. let us keep our promise. >> we'll be speaking to our correspondent at the u.n. in a few minutes' time. the main newspaper in juarez, mexico has appealed to to the drugs gangs following a murder. the front page editorial refers to them as the de facto authorities and asked them what news it should publish or stop publishing to avoid its staff being attacked. times are still hard for many americans in the wake of the financial crisis. speaking at a meeting on american tv, president obama said it was going to take more time than expected to solve an economic problem that had taken years to develop. officials in northern india say more than 60 people have died in flooding and landslides in the past two days after heavy monsoon rains. thousands of people in the worst affected districts have been forced to leave their homes. some rivers have burst their banks, houses being crushed by falling rocks. the iraqi national museum has found more than 600 missing ancient artifacts in a storeroom in
let us send a strong message of hope, a fundamental hope. let us keep our promise. >> we'll be speaking to our correspondent at the u.n. in a few minutes' time. the main newspaper in juarez, mexico has appealed to to the drugs gangs following a murder. the front page editorial refers to them as the de facto authorities and asked them what news it should publish or stop publishing to avoid its staff being attacked. times are still hard for many americans in the wake of the financial...
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this used to be a road through sugar cane fields. >> ( translated ): the water did not let us take our things. the houses started crumbling down. we quickly took our kids and a commof animals, although we lost most of them. we saved our lives and came he here. >> reporter: through robust relief efforts, falah has been able to provide loyalty. >> these people reached my village and i see these are the people there working actually. really, i'm astonished by the work of these people. for this reason, i join these people. >> reporter: a retired pack taken army general says groups like falah and its predecessor used disaster relief as a recruiting method. >> they have a grass-root network which operates in several parts of the country. and so always actually, you find them, you know, the first ones, because the government takes much longer to respond. and as it is, this government has never been very efficient. >> i would say that basically it's th one or two others which have always been trying to assist or in the forefront whenever anything like this happens. >> reporter: and so rahman a
this used to be a road through sugar cane fields. >> ( translated ): the water did not let us take our things. the houses started crumbling down. we quickly took our kids and a commof animals, although we lost most of them. we saved our lives and came he here. >> reporter: through robust relief efforts, falah has been able to provide loyalty. >> these people reached my village and i see these are the people there working actually. really, i'm astonished by the work of these...
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many of us cannot afford to stop working. i hope that it will keep driving. >> this is a young country with a huge working population but many are headed to their old age with no savings. 90% comes from low income workers with no pension schemes. now they can easily sink backed below the poverty line in their old age. many of them are now in a program where there vehicles will carry messages from sponsors. the money will be put into a retirement fund. experts feel. live at the nationwide security system poses a serious risk to the economy. >> even today we have twice the number of elders that we have as taxpayers. this will double in the next 20 years. i don't see taxpayers being able to carry three or four pensioners on their backs. >> longer life expectancy means that more people will need support. there is no doubt that the potential markets for pensions in india is much larger and a will be a challenging task to create products that are tailor- made for the market. >> you will find much more on our website bbc.com/news. a
many of us cannot afford to stop working. i hope that it will keep driving. >> this is a young country with a huge working population but many are headed to their old age with no savings. 90% comes from low income workers with no pension schemes. now they can easily sink backed below the poverty line in their old age. many of them are now in a program where there vehicles will carry messages from sponsors. the money will be put into a retirement fund. experts feel. live at the nationwide...
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if we are asking the government to help us. but the numbers are overwhelming. at last count, 18.6 million people have been affected and pakistan's losses could exceed 28 billion pounds. the government has promised most affected families an initial payment of 150 pounds. woman backgive this her home. -- of this girl back home. the 13-year-old wants to be a doctor. these children and their families will be homeless again as school starts. >> the lebanese prime inner circle -- prime minister has saad hariri said he made a mistake in accusing syria of assassinating his father. mr. hariri has described his words as a political accusation made prematurely. he said lebanon and his -- and syria have historic relations and investigations into his father's killing have been misled by false testimony. rescue teams in guatemala removed -- resume their search for survivors after heavy mud slides and rain. authorities say at least 40 people have died. hundreds have been released -- remove from their homes and thousands more have been displaced by flooding and mudslides. more
if we are asking the government to help us. but the numbers are overwhelming. at last count, 18.6 million people have been affected and pakistan's losses could exceed 28 billion pounds. the government has promised most affected families an initial payment of 150 pounds. woman backgive this her home. -- of this girl back home. the 13-year-old wants to be a doctor. these children and their families will be homeless again as school starts. >> the lebanese prime inner circle -- prime minister...
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he's clever enough once again not to use it. but once you start talking about people within islam beginning to speak up, to change it, that's... it's that type of thing. and he has got a point to the extent that he's right. there is a narrative which has grown up within islam of oppression, of the west being responsible for its many ills. and some of that is correct but a lot of it isn't and that's what i think he's trying to deal with. >> rose: he believed that saddam had to be taken down, whether he had weapons of mass destruction or whether he maintained the potential to do it because of plans and... he also believed that if iran has nuclear weapons there's a possibility they'll fall into the hands of people who will use them. not iranians but whoever else. and that therefore you can not allow it. and he's prepared to say that if sanctions and diplomacy and everything else doesn't work then you have to have a military attack. >> again, i think he's coming out of his closet-- if i can put it that way-- more. he's saying things
he's clever enough once again not to use it. but once you start talking about people within islam beginning to speak up, to change it, that's... it's that type of thing. and he has got a point to the extent that he's right. there is a narrative which has grown up within islam of oppression, of the west being responsible for its many ills. and some of that is correct but a lot of it isn't and that's what i think he's trying to deal with. >> rose: he believed that saddam had to be taken...
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and they would use anybody as a partner. they joined, they embraced al qaeda. >> rose: now tony blair makes this point. he says that if al qaeda had not come in and if iran had not come in it was manageable. >> i don't agree with that. i mean, certainly they were malevolent players, very malevolent players and many of the most spectacular, as the american military called them. i didn't like that phrase, spectacular attacks, spectacular to you and me means fire works at night. but you know what i mean by spectacular attacks. suicide bombings which killed 150, 200 people at a time were al qaeda linked. but the enablers were the saddam fedayeen, the saddam insurgency. they were very closely related to one another. even if, for the sake of argument, there had been no osama bin laden and there can be no al qaeda and there had been a benign government in iran-- and there were none of those-- >> rose: and there was no help with iran. >> they still would have faced a really serious and pro pacted and viers insurgency in iraq. it wou
and they would use anybody as a partner. they joined, they embraced al qaeda. >> rose: now tony blair makes this point. he says that if al qaeda had not come in and if iran had not come in it was manageable. >> i don't agree with that. i mean, certainly they were malevolent players, very malevolent players and many of the most spectacular, as the american military called them. i didn't like that phrase, spectacular attacks, spectacular to you and me means fire works at night. but...
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. >> the government is forcing us to a showdown. the only thing that can make them budget is a showdown. >> that may force the government to make further concessions, but two-thirds of the country are resigned to reforms already approved by the lower house. with the senate vote looking to be a formality, president sarkozy has the upper hand. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> our economy has started to shrink again. it came out of recession earlier this year. dee dee was down by 1.2% on the first quarter of the year -- gdp was down by 1.2%. youtube and its owner, googles, have one of landmark piracy case brought by a spanish tv channel. the court ruled it was the responsibility of the copyright owner to tell googol -- google that their property appeared on the youtube. the suspension of of controversial diabetes drugcontroversialavandia. -- controversial diabetes drug, avandia. it is linked to an increased risk of heart failure. it was supposed to be a showcase moment for india, showing itself to be a global power. but now it is
. >> the government is forcing us to a showdown. the only thing that can make them budget is a showdown. >> that may force the government to make further concessions, but two-thirds of the country are resigned to reforms already approved by the lower house. with the senate vote looking to be a formality, president sarkozy has the upper hand. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> our economy has started to shrink again. it came out of recession earlier this year. dee dee was...
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we believe that the american public is strongly behind us. know that there is a fiscal commission and have no idea that congress is thinking about cutting their benefits. when you tell them this is going on, they are appalled. when word gets out, hopefully we will hear more about this. they need to understand, particularly members of congress, this is a much more descriptive explanation of where the american public is than what they are hearing from their economists and some of the other people that have been trying to cut the program since its inception. thank you. [applause] >> thank you to all of our speakers. i hope this has been informative for all of you. i don't think we have time for questions unfortunately but i believe that this bakers will be willing to stay for a few moments for people who want to approach them individually. we have a typo in our handouts. i misspoke earlier for this briefing has been organized by social security matters which is a coalition of women's organizations working on social security. social security work
we believe that the american public is strongly behind us. know that there is a fiscal commission and have no idea that congress is thinking about cutting their benefits. when you tell them this is going on, they are appalled. when word gets out, hopefully we will hear more about this. they need to understand, particularly members of congress, this is a much more descriptive explanation of where the american public is than what they are hearing from their economists and some of the other people...
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people are getting used to the current stalemate. better the old caretaker you know, then you do not. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, baghdad. >> one of hollywood's most well- known stars was in pakistan did that. angelina jolie had a job to do. there are warnings from the u.n. that 21 million people directly affected by the floods are not receiving an update. orla guerin is there. >> coming to bear witness. the hollywood star was conservatively dressed for her visit to a place of suffering. for decades, this is a campus home to those displaced by conflict, and now by the floods. angelina jolie met families who lost homes, and some who lost children. women shared their stories of lives changed in an instant. afterwards, she said she had been moved by what she saw and heard from those robbed of so much. >> there are people displaced by the floods, and they have left their homes. the flood water was as high as the ceiling. and i was surprised by that. it is not just the tent that is washed away in somebody's mind. it is their entire life.
people are getting used to the current stalemate. better the old caretaker you know, then you do not. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, baghdad. >> one of hollywood's most well- known stars was in pakistan did that. angelina jolie had a job to do. there are warnings from the u.n. that 21 million people directly affected by the floods are not receiving an update. orla guerin is there. >> coming to bear witness. the hollywood star was conservatively dressed for her visit to a place of...
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there so therefore you don't understand. >> you don't get us, right. so therefore we're nervous and therefore we're not going to hire or make investments. >> charlie: also you add to that the sense of i'm not sure what the regulatory climate is going to look like. >> right. >> charlie: as these regulations come down from health care and other places. >> right. again, i think this is a... it's presented as "the" most important issue affecting hiring. i don't think its is the most important issue. >> charlie: what do you think the most important issue is? >> that demand is growing so slowly that firms are holding off on hiring. that having been said, this other problem may be easier to fix than that... primary issue. presumably there are things that can be done not only on the regulatory front but frankly, you know, let me put it this way. if corporate america believes that having a former ceo in the administration would significantly spur hiring it's in the administration's interest to make that happen. >> charlie: of course they would do it obviously.
there so therefore you don't understand. >> you don't get us, right. so therefore we're nervous and therefore we're not going to hire or make investments. >> charlie: also you add to that the sense of i'm not sure what the regulatory climate is going to look like. >> right. >> charlie: as these regulations come down from health care and other places. >> right. again, i think this is a... it's presented as "the" most important issue affecting hiring. i...
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this would be-- and the reason i use the word adjustment is these would be tweaks and not >> charlie: tweaks. so if the president had come to you and said, mr. director of omb, i want to create the maximum number of jobs immediately or as soon as possible. the maximum number of jobs. that's why i'm stimulating the economy. would you say to him today that's exactly what i gave you? or not. with some small tweak? was there something you guys did not do that would have created jobs at a more significant level? >> the one thing that i any many... the one thing i think many economists would say it would have been beneficial to have a larger share of the total would be assistance to state and local governments so they don't lay off workers. that has an immediate impact and it also helps to save jobs. now the problem is it's less salient. you don't see the road being built directly. >> charlie: rite rite right. >> in an ideal world that would have been a larger share of the total. >> charlie: you never believe the idea that if you have to go pay people to dig a hole and then fill it back up
this would be-- and the reason i use the word adjustment is these would be tweaks and not >> charlie: tweaks. so if the president had come to you and said, mr. director of omb, i want to create the maximum number of jobs immediately or as soon as possible. the maximum number of jobs. that's why i'm stimulating the economy. would you say to him today that's exactly what i gave you? or not. with some small tweak? was there something you guys did not do that would have created jobs at a more...
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thank you for talking us to. >> nice to be here, tavis. tavis: up next, oscar-winning actor martin landau. stay with us. pleased to have martin landau back on this program. the oscar-winning actor serves as star and producer opposite ellen bursten. here now a scene from "lovely still." >> there is this woman. she likes me. sure she likes me but i -- anyway, she wants to go on a date. >> oh, i can help you. >> you can? >> yes, i can. >> good. good. what do i do? >> well, you want to impress her, right? >> yes. >> make her happy? >> yes. >> show her a good time? >> yes. >> when is this date? >> tonight. >> that's pretty short notice. >> i'm sorry. >> don't be sorry. tds just with such short notice it is hard to plan out a whole stratego. never mind. look. tavis: great to see you again. >> great to see you, tavis. tavis: it has been four years since i last saw you. where have you been? >> you look wonderful and i have gotten older 3. tavis: you aren't bad yourself. speaking of getting older. you are starring in this and producing this. what i
thank you for talking us to. >> nice to be here, tavis. tavis: up next, oscar-winning actor martin landau. stay with us. pleased to have martin landau back on this program. the oscar-winning actor serves as star and producer opposite ellen bursten. here now a scene from "lovely still." >> there is this woman. she likes me. sure she likes me but i -- anyway, she wants to go on a date. >> oh, i can help you. >> you can? >> yes, i can. >> good. good....
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it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other places in the far southwest asia. and then the pastor let it be known if someone called him and asked him and invited him to stand down that he might do so, if someone from the government and the white house saw its opportunities and bob gates put in a phone call and he has desisted for the moment. this was not a constitutional question about protected speech. though a lot of people law that around. you can burn books in this country, you can burn flags. you can burn draft cards. >> why are you looking at me? >> i don'
it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other...
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stay with us. adam levine is a talented front man for one of music's most talented of acts, maroon 5, "hands all over" is the new disk they have just released, and here is them video for "misery ." the way it feels to be completely intertwined. it is not what i did not feel it is what i did not show i am in misery why will you not answer may ? ♪ tavis: by any definition, you have come a long way. you guys have done well. so good to have you on. i just want to say that my producer and i were talking about this, and i am note two albums late. i have to tell you how much i love this. >> thank you. that old thing? tavis: it is still in my rotation on my ipod. i am still digging that. you guys came out of the gate with smoke. >> that is crazy. the cool thing about it is it took a lot of work. when you become successful bands, it is immediately forgot what you did before to get there. it took a lot of work. we were touring in a van, sharing hotel rooms, three to four in a hotel room. it took a long tim
stay with us. adam levine is a talented front man for one of music's most talented of acts, maroon 5, "hands all over" is the new disk they have just released, and here is them video for "misery ." the way it feels to be completely intertwined. it is not what i did not feel it is what i did not show i am in misery why will you not answer may ? ♪ tavis: by any definition, you have come a long way. you guys have done well. so good to have you on. i just want to say that my...
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it allows us to get things done on energy and what we want most is... will help our economy to start to thrive and grow and innovate again and for people to have security and jobs. >> rose: one of the great tributes to senator ted kennedy was, in fact, people stepped forward to say at the time of his death was that he understood the power of compromise. he understand that legislation was a process of which people with different ideas had to come together and make compromises and he was prepared to do that. not sacrifice principle but understand you have to make compromise and you will not get everything you want but you can always come back another day. >> right. absolutely. >> rose: so what's finally your day like. what time do you get up? >> (laughs). >> rose: we all read about your marriage. it was about a year ago wasn't it? >> yes, 15 months. we're an old married couple now. >> rose: exactly. and he's a very attractive guy who i've met. what's your day like? you get up at 5:00? 4:00. >> oh, gosh. >> rose: 7:00? 9:00? >> i should get up at 4:00 so i
it allows us to get things done on energy and what we want most is... will help our economy to start to thrive and grow and innovate again and for people to have security and jobs. >> rose: one of the great tributes to senator ted kennedy was, in fact, people stepped forward to say at the time of his death was that he understood the power of compromise. he understand that legislation was a process of which people with different ideas had to come together and make compromises and he was...
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the web, they can call us from their smart phone, they can text us, it's just user friendly. >> reporter: taximagic software can help take the load off a cab company's dispatch system. >> if you can see on the phone where the cab is on it's way to pick you up, you're less likely to call the operator and say, "dude, where's my car?" >> reporter: taximagic began with a business plan to integrate taxi charges into expense account software. but when it launched the taximagic smart phone app, things really took off. the service is now available in 30 metro areas, including san francisco, chicago and los angeles. >> i don't think we would be here if there wasn't such a thing as the iphone. our business was nice of the blackberry and nice on the web, but when the iphone came out was when everything went crazy. >> reporter: and just as everything was getting going, the financial crisis hit. but with backing from expense account software firm concur and other investors, taximagic weathered the storm. >> it was super tough. we had our second round of investment lined up over the summer of '08, and
the web, they can call us from their smart phone, they can text us, it's just user friendly. >> reporter: taximagic software can help take the load off a cab company's dispatch system. >> if you can see on the phone where the cab is on it's way to pick you up, you're less likely to call the operator and say, "dude, where's my car?" >> reporter: taximagic began with a business plan to integrate taxi charges into expense account software. but when it launched the...
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i will tell you what our poll told us. 1,000 likely voters have told us that whether you look at democrats or republicans, this is the beauty contest and all of the contestants are ugly. they don't like democrats. they don't like republicans. and for that reason, people are unaffiliated. they are leaning republicans. >> let me finish. >> they are leaning republicans despite they don't like republicans. >> 60/40? >> they are leaning republicans because they feel the democratic party -- it is over 50%. >> every independent, former republican or former democrat. scott brown one because all those former democrats were sick of their party and our guys are winning because they are sick of the democratic party. they were sick of the republicans in 2008. this rise of the independence is a vote against both national parties. >> absolutely. >> both of which failed the country in that they can't balance our budget, win or wars or secure our borders. >> the biggest block of voters in the country and obama won then in 2008 and now they are leaning republican. >> why have they turned against obama? >> b
i will tell you what our poll told us. 1,000 likely voters have told us that whether you look at democrats or republicans, this is the beauty contest and all of the contestants are ugly. they don't like democrats. they don't like republicans. and for that reason, people are unaffiliated. they are leaning republicans. >> let me finish. >> they are leaning republicans despite they don't like republicans. >> 60/40? >> they are leaning republicans because they feel the...
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. >> he joins us now from caracas. the events are moving very quickly here. >> there has been a state of emergency declared by rafael correa. peru has closed its borders. hugo chavez has come out in support of rafael correa. he is calling the other left- wing nations for their support, too. >> and do we know where the president is right now? >> we believe he is in a hospital, you saw the images of pushing and shoving it with the president. he was on the streets. during that period, a tear gas canister was to run. he gave an interview saying a member of his entourage had been injured. he criticized heavily the protesters for using such tactics. he himself it was unharmed. he is in this hospital and staying there for the time being. >> how much can he rely on fellow politicians and the military? >> and extremely good question. the military is key in this at the moment. we have seen the head of the armed forces was unequivocal in to support of rafael correa. all of the constitutional rights that go with the state. we also
. >> he joins us now from caracas. the events are moving very quickly here. >> there has been a state of emergency declared by rafael correa. peru has closed its borders. hugo chavez has come out in support of rafael correa. he is calling the other left- wing nations for their support, too. >> and do we know where the president is right now? >> we believe he is in a hospital, you saw the images of pushing and shoving it with the president. he was on the streets. during...
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they want to make it us against the republicans. he will go to cleveland on wednesday and say if you want to go backwards, do what boehner talked about in this town, if you want to go in another direction, do what i believe in. that's a direct contrast in a way that we haven't seib from him yet. >> what do you do if you are a democrat? do you distance yourself from obama? what is the strategy? >> one is working and said to the extent they are running positive ads, they won't be for much longer. the race has to be local and negative, because you want to turn it into a choice and with all of these bad numbers that i talked about, clouding the race and making things good for republicans, you have to take your opponent down. we expect to see a lot of that negativity on the air waves. >> if the race has to be local, i'm going to back to dan's question, does barack obama help? if he does out and draws this contrast and tries to explain incidentally to voters who on earth john boehner is -- [laughter] >> exactly. >> does it work? >> it has
they want to make it us against the republicans. he will go to cleveland on wednesday and say if you want to go backwards, do what boehner talked about in this town, if you want to go in another direction, do what i believe in. that's a direct contrast in a way that we haven't seib from him yet. >> what do you do if you are a democrat? do you distance yourself from obama? what is the strategy? >> one is working and said to the extent they are running positive ads, they won't be for...
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secondly, as the criteria of iraq never attacking us, they did not attack us and the gulf war either. they invaded kuwait. would you have said the gulf war was a mistake? >>no. >> that is not a criteria you decide you go to war. lastly, the president making this speech could never have made that speech ending our mission with relative success had the search not occurred. the president opposed it. senator biden opposed it. my colleagues opposed it at the time. we should of had a diplomatic source. the obama administration must after one charge, a diplomatic mission to establish a new government. it has failed entirely in doing that. >> you will get great arguments from the american military on the search itself and whether it was the sunni uprising and the distribution of large amounts of cash. that aside, the fact is that the united states of america is not in a stronger position internationally. we organized a coalition after iraq entered crew -- kuwait. it was with 36 nations who sent in troops for it we could not form a coalition today as a direct consequence of invading correct. t
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will the same system that meanwhile the weather for us? we're back with what to expect >> the woman who concocted a story of a man that through a(r" in hq) face. she later admitted to running drain cleaner on her case. she is now charged with theft for accepting thousands of dollars in donations from good samaritans. to go all money will be of -- >> call moneall money will be retu. >> shouhe could face five months in jail. >>> a hillside collapsed right onto the town in mexico. the mud washed out bridges and buried roads. rescuers believe hundreds were trapped. right now rescuers have suspended the search because there is more rain threatening yet another slide. >>> people on the southern east coast are getting ready. the storm pounded cuba before gathering strength to become tropical storm nichole. officials in hallandale beach have promised to move water quickly in the case of flash flooding. the question around here is is a system that will bring us the rain? it is part of the system. an area of low pressure just off the coast. take a l
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tonight's "street critique" guest joins us from the bank of new york. it is jonathan chaplin at credit suisse. welcome to "nightly business report." >> thanks, tom. >> tom: what has been fueling this performance that we've seen over the last quarter or so in telecom? >> i think it is pretty straightforward. it is primarily one thing: it's yield. as investors get concerned about growth concerns for the economy, 6% dividend yield for at&t and verizon stocks looks in increasingly compelling. you've got a better prospect of getting a return from that yield than other sectors in the economy. >> tom: it sounds like quite a defensive play. but what about the growth expectations for this sector? are there any? >> it is not going to be a sector that grows the top line at g.d.p. or above for the foreseeable future. but this is a company that can -- an industry that can generate a fair amount of earnings growth in the low-growth economic environment. so with 1% revenue growth, telecom companies can generally knock out 3 3 plus percent earnings growth. >> tom: one
tonight's "street critique" guest joins us from the bank of new york. it is jonathan chaplin at credit suisse. welcome to "nightly business report." >> thanks, tom. >> tom: what has been fueling this performance that we've seen over the last quarter or so in telecom? >> i think it is pretty straightforward. it is primarily one thing: it's yield. as investors get concerned about growth concerns for the economy, 6% dividend yield for at&t and verizon...